CVE-2021-47080

RDMA/core: Prevent divide-by-zero error triggered by the user

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 1, 2024 at 09:15 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Prevent divide-by-zero error triggered by the user The user_entry_size is supplied by the user and later used as a denominator to calculate number of entries. The zero supplied by the user will trigger the following divide-by-zero error: divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 4 PID: 497 Comm: c_repro Not tainted 5.13.0-rc1+ #281 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_QUERY_GID_TABLE+0x1b1/0x510 Code: 87 59 03 00 00 e8 9f ab 1e ff 48 8d bd a8 00 00 00 e8 d3 70 41 ff 44 0f b7 b5 a8 00 00 00 e8 86 ab 1e ff 31 d2 4c 89 f0 31 ff <49> f7 f5 48 89 d6 48 89 54 24 10 48 89 04 24 e8 1b ad 1e ff 48 8b RSP: 0018:ffff88810416f828 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000008 RBX: 1ffff1102082df09 RCX: ffffffff82183f3d RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff888105f2da00 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff88810416fa98 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffffed102082df5f R10: ffff88810416faf7 R11: ffffed102082df5e R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000008 R15: ffff88810416faf0 FS: 00007f5715efa740(0000) GS:ffff88811a700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000020000840 CR3: 000000010c2e0001 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: ? ib_uverbs_handler_UVERBS_METHOD_INFO_HANDLES+0x4b0/0x4b0 ib_uverbs_cmd_verbs+0x1546/0x1940 ib_uverbs_ioctl+0x186/0x240 __x64_sys_ioctl+0x38a/0x1220 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.10 ≤ v < 5.10.405.10 ≤ v < 5.12.75.10 ≤ v < 5.135.11 ≤ v < 5.12.75.13 rc15.13 rc29f85cbe50aa044a46f0a22fda323fa27b80c82da
Vendor states this is fixed in 54d87913f147a983589923c7f651f97de9af5be1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 66ab7fcdac34b890017f04f391507ef5b2b89a13 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e6871b4270c05f8b212e7d98aee82b357972c80a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.12.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.13 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d87913f147a983589923c7f651f97de9af5be1
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66ab7fcdac34b890017f04f391507ef5b2b89a13
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6871b4270c05f8b212e7d98aee82b357972c80a

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-369

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